TalkBoard
TalkBoard / Church sound
For volunteer teams

Church sound your volunteers can actually run

Most churches have one person who really knows the sound board — and that person can never miss a Sunday. TalkBoard lets anyone on the team say what’s needed in plain English — “turn up the pastor’s mic” — and the board does it.

Plain English instead of menus

Name the channels once (“channel 1 is the pastor’s mic”) and from then on “the pastor’s mic” is a real address on the board. Volunteers ask for what they need — turn it up, mute the choir, more keys in the monitor — instead of hunting through layers. TalkBoard executes what a person asks for; it doesn’t mix the service by itself.

Nothing changes without a yes

Show Mode makes every AI change wait for a confirmation before it touches the board. New volunteer? They can’t break Sunday by accident.

The cheat sheet becomes hotkeys

Walk-in music, sermon mode, all-mute — saved as macros and fired from single keys. Macro hotkeys mode disables typing, so hotkeys fire only your saved macros.

Save Sunday, get Sunday back

Scenes store the whole setup, so “the board got messed with” is a one-command fix. On X32/M32, TalkBoard can also undo the last AI change.

Will it work with our sound board?

Only if it’s one of these — and if your board isn’t on this list, TalkBoard won’t help you yet:

Train without touching the real board: volunteers can practice every command against X32-Edit/M32-Edit on a laptop — a virtual console — so practice can’t touch the Sunday settings.

The honest fine print: TalkBoard is a desktop app for macOS and Windows — it runs on the computer at the sound desk, not on a phone or tablet. The AI needs internet; saved macros run locally. It executes instructions — it does not mix the band automatically. AI output can be wrong: leave Show Mode on so every change is confirmed by a human first.

Small-church pricing: free to try with 15 demo requests on your own board, then from $5/month, tax included. Full pricing →

FAQ

Questions people ask.

Does TalkBoard mix the band automatically?

No. It executes the instructions your operator gives it — “turn up the pastor’s mic”, “mute the choir” — in plain English. A person still decides what the service needs; TalkBoard just makes the board do it faster.

Can a volunteer break something with it?

Two guardrails: Show Mode makes every AI change wait for confirmation before it touches the board, and macro hotkeys mode disables typing during a service, so hotkeys fire only pre-saved macros (voice stays push-to-talk and, with Show Mode on, still needs a confirmation).

Will it work with our sound board?

Only if it’s a Behringer X32 family, Midas M32 family, Yamaha QL1/QL5/CL5, or Allen & Heath Qu-16/24/32 board. Other boards — including the Behringer XR18 and A&H SQ — are not supported.

How much does it cost a small church?

$5, $10 or $20 per month, tax included, after a free trial of 15 demo requests. The $5 Basic plan covers 300 requests a month — plenty for a typical Sunday-plus-rehearsal week. Details →

Can volunteers practice without the real board?

Yes — TalkBoard drives X32-Edit or M32-Edit on a computer as a virtual console, so practice can’t touch the Sunday settings. How that works →

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Try it on your console today.

Free to try with 15 one-time demo requests on our built-in AI — no API keys, nothing to configure.

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